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EBEN. W. I-IANSON,A OF SPRING GARDEN, PENNSYLVANIA..

BENI-101.15123.. L

Specification of Letters Patent No. 10,294, dated December 6, 1853.

To all whom t may concern Be it known that I, EBENEZER W. HAN- soN, of Spring Garden, in the county of Philadelphia and State of Pennsylvania, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Penholders; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and

exact description of the construction and operation of the same, reference being had to the annexed drawings, making a part of this holder. Fig. 6, is a representation of a barrel plate, having the holds or rests of the same piece.

Like letters and characters refer to like parts in the different figures.

The nature of my invention consists in a peculiar mode of constructing a pen'holder with thumb and finger rests, or in the application to the barrel of a pen holder, rests or holds for the thumb and middle finger, of a peculiar construction, whereby a better hold and a more easy and certain command of the pen is afforded.

In Fig. 1, A is the barrel, B the metallic pen, and C the handle or wooden extension of the barrel, both of which may be inserted, or attached to the barrel in any of the usual modes. D is the thumb hold or rest; E, the middle finger hold or rest. They are cut out of any suitable metallic plate and of such shape and size as may be the best adapted for the purpose. I usually cut the thumb rest in shape as shown by Fig. 2, and then bend it, bringing the two ends (l and 2) together, so as to form a cylinder adapted to the size of the pen barrel, leaving the narrow projection (3) to be afterward slightly twisted and bent outwardly in a curve to suit the ball of the thumb, as .shown in Fig. 4. The finger rest I usually cut in shape as shown in Fig. 3, and in like manner bring the two ends (l and 2) together, and form thereof a cylinder adapted to the barrel of the pen holder, leaving the narrow projection (3) to be also bent slightly lin a curve to suit the ball of the finger, as shown Y by Fig. 5. Theserests are made so as to be adjustable on the pen barrel, and may be soldered at the adjoining edges, -and havel several small grooves (4, 5', 6, 7 indented or cut on the inner side of the plates or cylin-V ders and adapted to the corresponding ridge (8, v8). on the outer. and upper side of the pen barrel. They are placed or slid upon the pen barrel, the ridge (8) on the barrel entering one of the grooves onthe inside of the cylinder, so that the small VVprojections Y ,65 f i (3, 3) may furnish a hold or-rest for the thumb on one side and the linger on the other, adjustable .tothe most convenient and easy positiomas shown in Fig. 1. vTo avoidv the soldering land the Vnecessity for the grooves (4, 5,6, 7) the cylindersof the rests may be made to claspV the pen-barrel suii- .Y ciently to retain'theiriproper position (from` the elasticity of the metal), being left un-Vv .i soldered at the adjoiningfedges, and made a j j j V75.l I.

little smaller in diameter Lthan the barrel.

The edges of these projections should be Y rounded 0E slightly, so as to allow the thumb and nger freemot-ion on the curved surfaces. It will be perceived that these adjustable rests can be applied to almost any of the pen holders now in use, withoutV any alteration of the barrel. f

Another and cheaper mode of construct-f ing my improvement is shown by Fig. 6, and Y ,85

consists of a barrel plate (D, E) with the narrow strips (3, 3) for the thumb `and iinger rests all out out in one piece, the two side edges (1 and 2) being brought together y and a cylinder or barrel formed as before described, leaving the two projections V(3, 3)

to be bent and twisted as before described, to

suit the thumb and finger. Al pen is 1nserted or attached at the proper end of this barrel and a wooden extension stick at the other and the instrument is completed.

The instrument, when used, yis held in the usual manner between the thumb and finger,

but with the thumb ball on the projection of the rest D, andthat of the middle finger on the projecting rest E, with the forefinger onl the top of the cylinder E.

I do not claim as my invention the principle involved in the general application of thumb and finger holds or rests to the barrel of a pen holder.

What VI claim as my invention and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

The peculiar Inode in Which I construct and apply thumbV and finger rests to pen holders-viz., I claim making the projecting part of the thumb and finger rests of an oblong or parallelogrammic form, so that they l0 shall cross the thumb and nger respectively A when held for use, Whether the rests be xd or made adjustable. A i

. EBENE. W. V"HANsoN Witnesses: J. M. COOK,

EMANL. G. VENNER. 

